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Posted: 12/3/2012 8:58:24 AM EST
Vatican communications adviser Greg Burke attends the presentation of Pope Benedict XVI's Twitter profile to journalists at the Vatican press hall, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI will start tweeting in six languages from his own personal handle (at)Pontifex on Dec. 12. The Vatican said Monday the pope will be using a question and answer format in his first Tweet, focusing on answering questions about faith — in 140 characters. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Posted: 12/3/2012 8:58:24 AM EST
Second from left, Vatican Newspaper Editor in Chief Giovanni Maria Vian, Monsignor Paul Tighe, Monsignor Claudio Celli, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, left, and Vatican's communications adviser Greg Burke present Pope Benedict XVI's Twitter webpage to journalists at the Vatican press hall, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI will start tweeting in six languages from his own personal handle (at)Pontifex on Dec. 12. The Vatican said Monday the pope will be using a question and answer format in his first Tweet, focusing on answering questions about faith — in 140 characters. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Posted: 12/3/2012 8:58:24 AM EST
Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, left, and Vatican communications adviser Greg Burke present Pope Benedict XVI's Twitter web page, top right, to journalists at the Vatican press hall, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI will start tweeting in six languages from his own personal handle (at)Pontifex on Dec. 12. The Vatican said Monday the pope will be using a question and answer format in his first Tweet, focusing on answering questions about faith — in 140 characters. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Posted: 12/1/2012 12:08:39 PM EST
In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 photo, National Public Radio host and journalist Michelle Norris works on a computer in her home in Washington where she is archiving her Race Card Project. The cards have become almost a parallel career for Norris. She and an assistant have catalogued more than 12,000 submissions online. People now send them via Facebook and Twitter or type them directly into the website, leading to vibrant online discussions. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Posted: 12/1/2012 11:18:39 AM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 file photo, National Democratic congress supporters gather outside the electoral commission building to wait for election results to be announced in Accra, Ghana. After five coups and decades of stagnation, the West African nation of 25 million is now a pacesetter for the continent's efforts to become democratic. It's having another presidential election on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, with televised debates between the candidates, campaign messages on Twitter and Facebook, biometric voter IDs, plus a culture that has taken to peaceful politics with gusto. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin)
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Posted: 12/1/2012 11:18:39 AM EST
In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 photo, a supporter for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) wears campaign paraphernalia on the side of a road in Accra, Ghana. After five coups and decades of stagnation, the West African nation of 25 million is now a pacesetter for the continent's efforts to become democratic. It's having another presidential election on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, with televised debates between the candidates, campaign messages on Twitter and Facebook, biometric voter IDs, plus a culture that has taken to peaceful politics with gusto. (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo)
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Posted: 12/1/2012 10:58:29 AM EST
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, DEC. 2, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 file photo, National Democratic congress supporters gather outside the electoral commission building to wait for election results to be announced in Accra, Ghana. After five coups and decades of stagnation, the West African nation of 25 million is now a pacesetter for the continent's efforts to become democratic. It's having another presidential election on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, with televised debates between the candidates, campaign messages on Twitter and Facebook, biometric voter IDs, plus a culture that has taken to peaceful politics with gusto. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin)
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Posted: 12/1/2012 10:58:29 AM EST
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, DEC. 2, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 photo, a supporter for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) wears campaign paraphernalia on the side of a road in Accra, Ghana. After five coups and decades of stagnation, the West African nation of 25 million is now a pacesetter for the continent's efforts to become democratic. It's having another presidential election on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, with televised debates between the candidates, campaign messages on Twitter and Facebook, biometric voter IDs, plus a culture that has taken to peaceful politics with gusto. (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo)
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Posted: 11/30/2012 2:34:57 PM EST
A Twitter page shows an entry from European Council President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Posted: 11/30/2012 2:34:57 PM EST
A Twitter page shows an entry from European Council President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Posted: 11/29/2012 6:18:46 PM EST
FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 file photo, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, left, greets 13-year-old Blonbzell Taylor outside of Clinton Hill Community Resource Center, where residents impacted by Superstorm Sandy received clothing donations in Newark, N.J. On Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, Booker said he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, honoring a challenge he made to a Twitter follower earlier in the month. He said he will be limited to $1.40 for each meal. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Posted: 11/29/2012 9:48:36 AM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2012 file photo, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performs on NBC's "Today" show in New York. The former “American Idol” judge Tyler responded on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, to Nicki Minaj's claim that he's a racist during an interview with the Canadian entertainment news program “eTalk” following Twitter comments made by Minaj, an “Idol” judge this season. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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Posted: 11/29/2012 9:48:36 AM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2012 file photo, "American Idol" Season 12 judge Nicki Minaj arrives for day one auditions at Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York. Former “American Idol” judge Steven Tyler responded on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, to Minaj's claim that he's a racist during an interview with the Canadian entertainment news program “eTalk” following Twitter comments made by Minaj, an “Idol” judge this season. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Posted: 11/29/2012 9:48:36 AM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2012 file photo, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performs on NBC's "Today" show in New York. The former “American Idol” judge Tyler responded on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, to Nicki Minaj's claim that he's a racist during an interview with the Canadian entertainment news program “eTalk” following Twitter comments made by Minaj, an “Idol” judge this season. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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Posted: 11/28/2012 8:48:43 AM EST
FILE - In this July 6, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama sits in front of a screen displaying a question he tweeted during a "Twitter Town Hall" in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Obama is introducing a new hashtag to the fiscal cliff debate. The White House plans to promote (hashtag)My2K on Twitter and other social media — a reference to the estimated $2,200 tax increase that a typical middle-class family of four would see if the Bush tax cuts expire. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Posted: 11/26/2012 12:18:26 PM EST
FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, Chris Brown arrives at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards in Los Angeles. According to reports, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, Brown has taken down his Twitter account after a vulgar, online feud with comedian Jenny Johnson. Johnson says she is now receiving death threats on Twitter from Brown’s supporters. Brown had 11.6 million followers on Twitter. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)
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Posted: 11/21/2012 10:33:31 AM EST
In this undated photo released by his supporters, Zhai Xiaobing sits at a restaurant in Beijing. Hundreds of Chinese Internet users are rallying around the Beijing blogger who has been detained by police after posting a joke on Twitter about the pivotal Communist Party congress. Zhai's Nov. 5 tweet suggested the next movie in the "Final Destination" horror franchise would be about the Great Hall of the People collapsing on party delegates. A Miyun county police officer told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, that Zhai was being investigated for "spreading terrorist information." (AP Photo/Supporters of Zhai Xiaobing)
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Posted: 11/21/2012 3:08:33 AM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, right, speaks during a news conference at the Office of Emergency Management in Newark, N.J. Booker says he plans to honor a Twitter challenge and live on food stamps for at least a week. In a Twitter exchange Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, Booker and a user named TwitWit discussed government funding for school meals. Booker suggested they both try living on food stamps for a week or month. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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Posted: 11/15/2012 5:53:27 PM EST
File - In this Aug. 18, 2012, file photo, San Francisco 49ers' Brandon Jacobs (45) is helped off by head coach Jim Harbaugh in the first quarter of an NFL preseason football game against the Houston Texans in Houston. Jacobs has posted advice on Twitter with a reference to never working “in a place where you hate your boss so much.” The hash tag: “YouLiveAndYouLearn.” Jacobs had terrible timing with the tweet Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, considering coach Harbaugh was hospitalized for what the team called a “minor procedure” for an irregular heartbeat. In the locker room soon after his post, Jacobs said people shouldn’t “assume” his remarks were football-related, then followed up with more tweets. He made one post saying that “football is not my life.” (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Posted: 11/9/2012 6:58:21 AM EST
FILE This Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 file photo shows House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio with tears in his eyes as he celebrates the GOP's victory that changes the balance of power in Congress and will likely elevate him to speaker of the House, during an election night gathering hosted by the National Republican Congressional Committee at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington. It seems a strange sight: The president of the United States, sometimes called the most powerful person in the world, breaking down in tears thanking campaign workers for their tireless _ and ultimately successful _ work on his behalf. But Barack Obama isn't the only world leader unashamed or unable to avoid being seen crying in public. As Speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner holds one of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government _ and he cries so frequently that Twitter jokesters have taken to calling him the weeper of the house. He tears up easily, particularly when talking about the American dream. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
